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The Cotton Club on CD

A tribute to the legendary Harlem night-club of the 30's. The greats of black music played to an all-white audience in the famous club owned by New York gangsters. Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway led the housebands at various times. All the tracks feature acts who performed at the club during it's heyday. Tracks include; "Cotton Club Stomp" - Duke Ellington, "Stormy Weather" - Ethel Waters, "Fifteen Minute Intermission" - Cab Calloway, "West End Blues" - Louis Armstrong, "Your Heart And Mine" - the Nicholas Brothers. Acrobat. 2003.

A tribute to the legendary Harlem night-club of the 30's. The greats of black music played to an all-white audience in the famous club owned by New York gangsters. Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway led the housebands at various times. All the tracks feature acts who performed at the club during it's heyday. Tracks include; "Cotton Club Stomp" - Duke Ellington, "Stormy Weather" - Ethel Waters, "Fifteen Minute Intermission" - Cab Calloway, "West End Blues" - Louis Armstrong, "Your Heart And Mine" - the Nicholas Brothers. Acrobat. 2003.